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RBR50 spontaneously bricked itself this morning - factory reset has no effect - what are my options?
I woke up to find I had no wifi and no internet. My two satellites had solid magenta rings. The router had power but no illuminated ring. I I tried to connect directly to the router via ethernet I co...
cortex wrote:I woke up to find I had no wifi and no internet.
Any recent firmware update by chance?
cortex wrote:
vajim wrote:
cortex wrote:I woke up to find I had no wifi and no internet.
Any recent firmware update by chance?
Not that I performed. Does the unit auto-install new firmware? If so I wouldn't know -- and since I can't get to the configuration page I can't tell what firemware it's running.
How about the app?
Some are confused about firmware updates using the app. Unless there are major security updates you are in control.
I had a similar problem a few days before you. I logged into the web interface to check something but strangely it wouldn't display the contents of some frames - I would get a server error (I can't remember which HTTP code). That was very weird (NETGEAR: it was broken) so I rebooted the device. It then bricked itself; the power LED flashed RED which, according to the manual, means "corrupt firmware". So I did the factory reset a few times until it blinked the right colour.
I used my phone to download another firmware image and TFTP'd that to the device over an ethernet cable from my laptop. I had to set a static IP in 192.168.1.0/24, but the router responded to 192.168.1.1 and consumed the TFTP image. I then left it for a while. Nothing. I tried again. This time it came up and I could log in.